Friday Stuff

I hope everybody survived the malls today...

Black Friday Thanksgiving from Teri Hatcher

...and conservatives remain such good losers :-)...


Conservative Megadonors Have Spent Week Yelling At Their Money

...and I personally am thankful for this bit of sanity from Rachel Maddow on the whole “fiscal cliff” kabuki...

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...and this is about the only time I can put up this video, so here it is.

Happy Thanksgiving 2012

I got a kick out of this (courtesy of Pixdaus and Daily Kos).

...and it looks like The Onion does it again...


Obama Outlines Moral, Philosophical Justifications For Turkey Pardon

...and here's another holiday fave, with an intro by Seth MacFarlane as Stewie Griffin (and again, the captions make this hilarious as far as I'm concerned)...



...and here's more holiday fun...



...and I kind of liked this also (hat tip for this and The Onion to Daily Kos)...



...and here's a Thanksgiving message for those wonderful folks at the TSA.



Update: Definitely a hat tip to Atrios for this...

Wednesday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Once again, Robert Reich explains it all - let's hope the Dems are listening...



…and I’ve been looking for a “thanks” song to commemorate tomorrow, and this has always been a personal fave of yours truly (Update 11/22/12: Uh, yep).

Tuesday Stuff

I read a good opinion column in the Bucks County Courier Times today (shocking, I know) written by a guy named Mike Krauss, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Bank Project, talking about all of the good work done by community banks in a fledgling movement that is slowly but surely starting to pick up steam (here is a link to his web site).

Here is an excerpt...

The St. Louis Federal Reserve reports that five Wall Street firms — JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — now control 48 percent of total U.S. banking system assets.

At the end of 2011, these five firms controlled $8.5 trillion in assets, equal to 56 percent of the U.S. economy. The other 7,307 banks held the remaining 44 percent.

The result? The affordable credit that is the life blood of any modern economy is still largely unavailable for the small (and not so small) businesses that can power economic development and jobs creation.

I thought it was worth the read (and here is a reminder why this remains an important issue, with one of the characters primarily to blame remaining thoroughly unrepentant)…



…and it looks like, based on this, this guy is trying to breathe life into the vinyl disc once more – kudos (sorry, no video).

Monday Stuff

Is it really worth it to reward the smiley-faced bastards later this week, people (here, and more here)...



...and for a second or two, I thought this was an episode of “The Outer Limits” – “there is nothing wrong with your (picture)...We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical...We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity.”

Yeah I know, enough with the boomer pop culture references (nice tune, I have to admit).

Sunday Stuff

(Not exactly sure why my page view count is going insane today, but uh…thanks?)

In the meantime, here is a little post-election reminder to Number 44 from Bill Maher…



…and nothing like a little Sunday alternative rock while the Iggles get roasted again, I always say.